The body of a woman who had mysteriously gone missing since November 25 in Mae Hong Son’s Mae La Noi district was found on Monday in a creek two kilometres from her home.
The family of Siriporn Chaupnaya, 43, reported her missing on November 27, saying she had walked out of the house at 11pm two days earlier and had not returned since. They also said she suffered from a mental disorder but did not elaborate.
After an extensive search, her body was found in a stream at the foot of a cliff. Investigators believe she must have lost her footing while on top of the cliff and fallen to her death.
The body has been sent to Mae La Noi Hospital for autopsy, though the woman’s relatives do not consider the death suspicious.
Newest data shows that Phichit province has the highest number of deaths due to the consumption of raw meat and is the second-highest in terms of patients with symptoms caused by unusual eating habits.
Records show that four Phichit residents have died from Streptococcus suis and 22 patients have been diagnosed with it between January 1 and November 23 this year.
Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic disease that can be transferred to humans from pigs.
Public health officials are calling on people to avoid consuming local delicacies that feature raw meat. Locals are also being urged to avoid exposing themselves to raw pork that may cause infections and instead only consume meat from farms that follow high standards.
By The NationThe Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 10 new cases in state quarantine facilities over a 24-hour period on Tuesday.
Most of the cases this time are foreigners who came from Russia, the US and Pakistan.
Three people – an American teacher, 23; a Thai businesswoman 63; and a Thai businessman, 65 – all arrived from the United States on November 27-28 and checked into alternative state quarantine hotels in Bangkok, where they tested positive right away.
A Thai woman, 50, arrived from Sudan on November 24 and checked into a quarantine hospital in Bangkok for unrelated medical treatment. She tested positive on November 29.
Four Russians – a businesswoman, 28; a diver, 39; businessman, 29; and a seven-month-old infant – arrived on November 23 and checked into a quarantine hotel in Bangkok, where they tested positive on November 26 with the exception of the businessman, who was found positive on November 28.
Two Pakistanis – a male engineer, 32, and his wife, 30 – arrived on November 15 and checked into a quarantine hotel in Samut Prakan. There the woman tested positive on November 27, while the man tested positive on November 29.
Separately, eight other patients have recovered and been discharged.
The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand has risen to 4,008 (1,044 in state quarantine facilities), 137 of whom are in hospital and 3,811 have recovered fully. The death toll remains unchanged at 60.
According to Worldometer, as of 10am, the total number of confirmed cases globally has hit 63.58 million (up by 496,245). Of them, 43.98 million have recovered, while 18.13 million are active cases (105,929 in severe condition) and 1.47 million have died (up by 8,291).
Thailand ranks 151st in the number of cases in the world, while US tops the list with 13.91 million, followed by India 9.46 million, Brazil 6.33 million, Russia 2.29 million and France 2.22 million.
A woman’s spontaneous reaction saved a rubber tapper in Bueng Kan province from being killed by a wild elephant late on Sunday.
The woman managed to drive way the elephant by screaming and banging together objects before the animal could stomp her husband, Supat Klonsalab, 33, to death.
Supat is currently being treated in hospital for injuries that are not too severe.
His wife Primanee Chairat, 37, told reporters that the pachyderm took her husband by surprise, adding that the area was not an elephant habitat.
She said when she found the elephant stomping on her husband, she quickly grabbed some objects and banged them together to make a noise and scare the animal way.
Taweep Khamphaengmuang, chief of Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary, offered the couple gifts and some funds to cover Supat’s medical bill.
He also apologised for the accident and said elephants sometimes ventured out of the sanctuary to find food. He said people should place bright lights around the perimeter of their property or burn chillies to drive them away.
The Thai Meteorological Department has announced that 11 provinces in the South will face heavy rains and strong waves from Tuesday to Friday.
The department believes that the Northeast monsoon moving over the Gulf of Thailand and the South, coupled with the arrival of depression from the South China Sea in Malaysia, will make the rain more intense.
The department has also warned people in certain provinces to be prepared for flash floods. The provinces of Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Krabi, Trang and Satun will be hit by very heavy rains in some areas on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Though the rains are expected to ease off on Thursday, strong waves will hit the coast of the Gulf of Thailand and seafarers have been advised to stay on land at least until Friday.
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The reopening of schools in Songkhla province has been postponed due to severe flooding caused by continuous heavy rain since Monday.
Many main roads in the province were impassable due to high levels of water, and schools have announced that they will remain closed for fear of flash floods.
The Northeast monsoon across the Gulf of Thailand and the South coupled with the influence of a depression in South China Sea has been hitting Songkhla with heavy rain since Monday.
Allies of the “Bad Student” group came out to support the leaders who faced charges at Lumpini Police Station on Sunday night.
They also took the opportunity to celebrate the birthday of one member who turned 18.
The rally “Free Student” held activities and delivered some speeches while three protest leaders went into the police station to acknowledge their charges.
At 7pm, Tosaporn Sereerak, a former lawmaker and doctor, who came to support the students led the others to surprise one of the protest leaders.
When he came out, they gave him three cakes and sang a birthday song for him. He said that he wished the demands of pro-democratic people would succeed.
The baht opened at 30.28 to the US dollar on Tuesday, weakening from 30.26 at close on Monday.
The Thai currency is likely to move between 30.18 and 30.38, said Jitipol Puksamatanan, senior director of the chief investment office at SCB Securities.
On Monday night, the S&P 500 and Stoxx 600 fell by 0.9 and 1 per cent, respectively.
Also, the price of WTI crude oil and gold dropped by 0.7 per cent.
Jitipol explained that investors had sold their assets for cash.
This situation increased the US and German Ten-Year Treasury yields by 1 and 1.5 basis point to 0.85 and minus 0.57 per cent.
In Thailand, the baht weakened slightly after the Bank of Thailand (BOT) possibly acted to control the exchange rate. However, several currency traders believed that the BOT measures will not sharply obstruct capital flows into the country.
In the next phase, Jitipol said that Thai stocks could be sold for speculation like in the US. The movement would pressure investors to sell their risk assets and later weaken the baht.